Civil society presents the 10 Red Lines of the Gag Laws in the Congress of Deputies
With the Citizen Security Law turning nine this month, No Somos Delito (We Are Not Crime) and other civil society organizations have released a document outlining the limits the government must apply. They presented it alongside movements and individuals affected by the Gag Laws and called for firm commitments from the government.
Police violence and opportunities for change
There are laws that allow police violence to continue without being properly punished, perpetuating a cycle of abuse and human rights violations. PAU PÉREZ | Clinical Director of the Sira Center. Next June 26th marks World Day Against Torture, a significant date to reflect on the progress and challenges […]
A Plan for Improving Transparency and Accountability Mechanisms in Police Forces
Irídia and Novact present an Action Plan with 36 recommendations for the Government, aimed at creating an independent mechanism to monitor police actions. Pau Pérez Sales and Sara López Martín, along with experts in the field, participate in the presentation of the Plan promoted by the Center for the Defense of Human Rights […]
Raji Sourani: “This is not just about Palestine, but it sets the stage for what could happen globally.»
To mark World Day Against Torture, together with APDHE and La Comuna Presxs, we organized an event to reflect on the impacts of torture and the contemporary challenges to eradicating it. Raji Sourani, a human rights lawyer in the Gaza Strip, participated in the event “Voices Against Impunity – […]
Esther Fraile: “Focusing on psychosocial impacts helps us to identify the causes in order to combat them».»
The psychologist from the Sira Centre gave a talk at the 39th Unipau Summer Course, dedicated to the psychosocial impacts generated by migration policies and reception conditions People who undertake the migratory transit from Africa to the European Union suffer various human rights violations along the way, including the violation of their human rights [...].
Justice sentences the State to compensate an activist accused of terrorism, for wrongful imprisonment
In 2015, Nahuel, an activist with the vegan anarchist group “Straight Edge”, spent up to 14 months in first-degree pre-trial detention before being acquitted along with his comrades. Following his complaint, the state must now compensate him with 54,650 euros. We have submitted an expert report to his case, which proves the damage he suffered [...]
The only case of torture during Franco's dictatorship that could testify in Spain has been closed.
The judge took the statement of the complainant and the witness Rosa María García Alcón on 15 September 2023, an exceptional event as it was the first time that victims of Franco's regime had testified in Spanish courts. The Law of Democratic Memory approved in 2022 is still insufficient to put an end to the [...]
93% of migrants in Mexico report having been detained in inhumane conditions.
Yuriria Salvador and Josué Gómez, both from the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Centre, located in Tapachula, Chiapas, presented the results of the report “Centros de detención migratoria como entornos torturantes”, which was also written with the participation of members of the Sira Centre team. On a day dedicated to immigration detention, Belén Santos, from Red Interlavapies, [...]
Two new lawsuits filed in Galicia for torture during Franco's regime
The complaints are added to the more than 100 already filed for crimes against humanity committed during Franco's dictatorship CEAQUA, Xosé María Brañas and Manuel Reboiras have filed two new complaints for crimes against humanity in the Courts of Instruction of A Coruña and Vigo, denouncing the torture, humiliation and ill-treatment committed during the Franco dictatorship [...].
Two years of the Law of Democratic Memory: slow and ineffective implementation and lack of justice for victims
Two years after the Democratic Memory Law came into effect, impunity and the lack of decisive action to uncover the truth about the serious crimes committed during the Franco regime are the major shortcomings of this legislation. In these years, progress has been made, albeit very slowly, in areas such as […]